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West Virginia Army men reported killed wounded and freed
The War Department announced two West Virginia Army men were killed, three wounded, and 52 liberated from German camps. Navy reports say Ray William Lucas was killed in action off Okinawa, serving on a destroyer with invasion forces in the South Pacific. His twin brother Ralph Ernest Lucas also served in the Pacific. Surviving families and local references list several other named service members and their kin. A separate note covers a local Dodge and Plymouth dealers meeting in Charleston to discuss postwar sales plans and preparations for production resumption.
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War Department
Arey Besd—Zurapgan Bealens
Benjamin
Mra
Jes
Aia
Thompeon
Catard
Ari
Oda
Rath Adkins
Mou Adaim
Charlee Suramammer Fraowlin
Burkinavamsr
Vata
Kenneth A. Pyi
Gentile G. Cavendes
Freda M. Hamdichumacher
Up ‘ Glane
Per Meney
Biger Yormra
Pic
Morrly J
Huntington
Ingtem St. Charles
Leonidas
Wee Tr
Hustand
Catherine x Joyce
Clarkeweston
Samen
Challaroy
Brother
Run
Ria
Acton
Ray William Lucas
Altine Rensley Lucas
Claude Lucas
Washington St
South Pacific
Navy Department
Bea- Man
Ralph Ernest Lucas
Pacific
Dodge
Plymouth
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
Detroit
J. W. McLaughlin